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If you ask any player in the modern game what is their least favourite experience and the response would be the qualifiers. Whether you are a player who is fighting to get onto the tour or remain on it, the nerves start to jangle when they have to travel to a venue where in reality…

Once in a while, history Is written before your eyes. Today this happened in snooker with a player that has long been admired but has had to go on a progressional journey before finding himself. The name of this player Is Judd Trump. A player that had cultivated a brand of snooker that harnesses the…

Rory Mcleod beat Daniel Ward 4-0 in the howeveryoulikebreak.com q school qualifying event 2 at the excellent Atack snooker club in Nuneaton. Rory will now join event 1 winner Sean O’Sullivan in the grand finals in March. There will be 16 events up and down the Uk with all event winners going into the grand…

Judd Trump ( pictured above) powered in 3 centuries on route to a 9-4 victory over 3 times world champion Mark Selby. Selby started the better of the two players building a commanding 3-1 lead at the interval, but in frame 5 the match took an almighty turn. leading the frame by 45 points with…

So as we reach the final phase of this tournament, we now know who the runners and riders will be who have the opportunity to capture this Chinese crown. Some players like Bingtao, Higgins and Lisowski have fallen by the wayside and with Neil Robertson losing to Shaun Murphy in a decider, it seems likely…

It only seems the other day that the players were walking down the red carpet for this tournament’s inaugural ceremony but today left us with just 16 players left in the competition. This was a crucial day for Judd Trump as in the afternoon session he had the opportunity to climb to the number 1…

Time is flying and we are already on day three of this prestigious tournament in the snooker calendar. First up was Judd Trump who is currently riding on the crest of a wave in this competition. His opponent Scott Donaldson got off to flying start and before long had a 2-1 advantage over Judd. However…

After the first day of thrills and spills at this tournament, we can see how fragile and unpredictable a match can be. John Higgins and Ding Junhui both had shaky starts yesterday and could have easily have been boarding a plane today but as I said before, experience saved them from the jaws of defeat.…

As players assemble in Daqing to compete for the International Championship, I will be spending the week giving you highlights and analysis of some of the televised matches. This tournament is the start of the heart of the season with every player bar those who didn’t get through the qualifying stage, battling it for the…

This Sunday the tour moves back to China with start of the prestigious International Championship. Being one of the five major tournaments that takes place in China, this event was won last year by Mark Allen. However this year the field is wide open with all the players taking part apart from Ronnie O’Sullivan. This…